Amos 4 is a reflection of today's state of mankind.
At the end of each verse of troubles & woes inflicted, the Lord declares.
"yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD."
God, YWH , Adonai is calling everyone home to have a relationship with him.
Turn away from the luxurious & pagan lifestyles that the Samaritan's were known for.
Samaria was the capital of Israel until its fall to the Assyrians. It was condemned by the Hebrew prophets for its "ivory houses" and luxury palaces displaying pagan riches.
What will be the warning signs ?
[Amos 4:6 KJV] And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Want of food.
[Amos 4:7 KJV] And also I have withholden the rain from you, when [there were] yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
Rain & Drought in nearby locations
[Amos 4:8 KJV] So two [or] three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Movement of people's seeking the "water of life" physically & spiritually.
Who did Jesus offer the water of life ?
The Woman of Samaria.......
John 14:13-14
[Amos 4:9 KJV] I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured [them]: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Your goods & produce I have caused to suffer.
[Amos 4:10 KJV] I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
What once was in coming out of Egypt (exodus) will be again, Pestilence & War
[Amos 4:11 KJV] I have overthrown [some] of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
I have turned you & brought you out of the fire , yet you haven't returned.
[Amos 4:12 KJV] Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: [and] because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
Repercussions
[Amos 4:13 KJV] For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what [is] his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, [is] his name.
Return to the Father through Christ Jesus 🙏♥️
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